The Three Rs, and a Suggestion for the Environmentalists

My daughter today asked me what the three Rs were. "Reading 'Riting and 'Rithmatic" I told her. "I don't think we should change them to reduce, re-use and re-cycle" (which is what she was getting at in the first place, what with earth day recently gone by and all).

My wife (the Paraguayan), listening in the kitchen, said "Why don't you use old newspaper instead of toilet paper like they do in Paraguay? That's re-using"!

Well, she's right - rural Paraguay tends to do lots of that (newspaper for TP). I know I did, and can tell you from experience that when all you have left is glossy magazine paper, reach for the corn cobs instead.

Anyway, What say we ship old newspapers and corn cobs to Hollywood and let them practice what they preach?